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Action Planned on Laser Attacks

Various authorities are planning to create a new system to help track down those who shine lasers at aircraft. At the Air Transport Association of Canada meeting in Vancouver this week, delegates heard on an […]

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WestJet Pilots Have Tentative Deal

It appears there will be labour peace in the cockpits of the country’s two main airlines for the foreseeable future after a tentative deal was struck between WestJet and its pilots on Tuesday. About 1,300 […]

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Search and Rescue Exercise in Labrador

SAREX 2014 is under way in Newfoundland and Labrador and the combined military and civilian exercise is testing the abilities of the search and rescue system. RCAF, Civilian Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) volunteers […]

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Snowbirds Do Raincheck Show

By Ken Lin Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the CF-18 demo team were scheduled to perform at the airshow at Stratford Airport in Southern Ontario this past Wednesday, unfortunately heavy downpour forced the airshow to be […]

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Southwest Looking at Canada

Southwest Airlines has confirmed that it has expansion plans that could include Canada, perhaps by the end of the decade. “I’d be surprised if we weren’t in Canada at least by the end of the […]

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Alberta Selling Government Aircraft

Alberta’s new premier has taken the politically expedient but impractical step of selling the province’s four aircraft and laying off the 27 staff who kept them flying. The sale of three King Airs and a […]

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Parts Stolen From Museum 737

The emergency exit door and some other parts were stolen from the Alberta Aviation Museum’s Boeing 737 last weekend and they’re likely headed to the black market. Museum staff discovered the theft earlier this week but were […]

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SAM Aircraft For Sale

SAM Aircraft owner Thierry Zibi says he’d rather design and test aircraft rather than build them on a production line so his first project is for sale. The SAM is certified as and advanced ultralight […]

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Knee Defender Banned by Air Canada, WestJet

Both of Canada’s major airlines already outlaw an inexpensive device that sparked an expensive flight diversion in the U.S. earlier this week. A United Airlines flight from Newark to Denver made an unscheduled stop in […]

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Under-Bridge Takeoff Prompts Probe

Transport Canada is looking into an incident on the Ottawa River that caused a big splash in the local media but probably didn’t violate any regs. Members of the Ottawa Rowing Club were getting ready […]

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Fresh Incidents Sharpen Drone Concerns

A Jazz crew on a flight from Fredericton to St. John’s spotted what may have been a drone 1,000 feet above their aircraft, prompting Transport Canada’s latest investigation into what has become a time consuming […]

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Close Call A Window To PTSD

A Hamilton psychologist is using the near-death experience that she and more than 300 other people shared on a flight to Europe 13 years ago as a window into the effects of post traumatic stress […]

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Lancaster Makes England

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster finished its journey from Hamilton to Coningsby, England on August 8 and a moment more than 40 years in the making is scheduled for Aug. 14. The Canadian […]

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Air Canada Resumes Tel Aviv Flights

Air Canada’s regular evening flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv was set to leave on schedule Wednesday after the Tuesday flight was cancelled due to safety concerns. Most airlines suspended service to Ben Gurion Airport […]